# Mafia Reunion Day 12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 26, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-12/783100 "2017-03-26T21:46:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 84
**Author:** ![Captain\_Klutz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captain_klutz/32/4993_2.png) [@Captain\_Klutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Klutz)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-12/783100/84 "2017-03-28T22:54:42Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > I explained why I claimed when I did, but to provide a little more info of that Day specifically, it was my 2nd post of the day. My first post was to clarify how people were left in the game, as I had generally lost track. > > The reason I wanted to know was so I could do the math do figure out if their was any scenario in which a surprise Patsy could be useful. I couldn’t think of any, so I claimed. In your claim, you said > [@Mafia Reunion: Day Eleven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-eleven/782716/43): > > However, with the wolves gone, mafia will know the identity of all remaining town, so failing to claim is no longer depriving them of any information. So I agree there is no reason not to claim at this point. You knew the wolves were gone at the start of the Day. You then waited a full 2 days before claiming. Did it really take you that long to “do the math do figure out if their was any scenario in which a surprise Patsy could be useful”? Oh, and I would like to see your working. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-12/783100)._